Dmitry Tursunov sent 11th seed Richard Gasquet packing, the Frenchman collapsing in the second set to go down 7-6(8), 6-0.

Sania Mirza went down 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to Iveta Benesov of the Czech Republic in the second round of the Nordic Light Open at Stockholm on Thursday.

The results:

At Cincinatti: Western & Southern Financial Group Masters: Second round: James Blake bt Gilles Simon 6-3, 6-4; Andy Murray bt Sam Querrey 7-6(3), 6-1; Ernests Gulbis bt Arnaud Clement 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5); Nicolas Lapentti bt David Ferrer 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-3; Tommy Haas bt Gael Monfils 5-1 (retd.); Novak Djokovic bt Simone Bolelli 7-6(2), 7-6(2); Fernando Verdasco bt Chris Guccione 7-6(4), 7-6(4); Igor Andreev bt John Isner 3-6, 7-6(8), 7-5; Andreas Seppi bt Tomas Berdych 5-7, 7-5, 7-5; Rafael Nadal bt Florent Serra 6-0, 6-1; Dmitry Tursunov bt Richard Gasquet 7-6 (6), 6-0.

At Montreal: Rogers Cup: Third round: Ai Sugiyama w/o Maria Sharapova.

Second round: Ana Ivanovic bt Petra Kvitova 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Dinara Safina bt Anastasia Rodionova 6-2, 6-4; Patty Schnyder bt Monica Niculescu 6-1, 7-5; Marion Bartoli w/o Alisa Kleybanova; Victoria Azarenka bt Sybille Bammer 6-2, 6-2; Nadia Petrova bt Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-3, 6-2; Ai Sugiyama bt Shahar Peer 6-2, 6-2; Tamira Paszek bt Melinda Czink 6-4, 7-5; Michelle Larcher De Brito bt Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 0-6, 6-3; Anna Chakvetadze bt Jill Craybas 6-2, 7-5; Stephanie Dubois bt Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(4); Jelena Jankovic bt Aleksandra Wozniak 6-0, 6-4; Maria Sharapova bt Marta Domachowska 7-5, 5-7, 6-2.

At Stockholm: Nordic Light Open: Second round: Iveta Benesova bt Sania Mirza 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Anabel Medina Garrigues bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-1, 6-1; Virginia Ruano Pascual bt Maria Elena Camerin 6-3, 6-2. — Agencies

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